A CROWD of people ran for cover as a domestic terrorist attack transpired at Boston's annual Marathon in 2013.
Police identified Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and his late brother Tamerlan Tsarnaev as the conspirators responsible for the tragedy.
What is Boston Marathon Bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's sentence?
On March 4, 2022, it was announced Dzhokar Tsarnaev's previously overturned death sentence was reinstated by the US Supreme Court.
SCOTUS' final 6-3 decision rejected claims made by Tsarnaev's defense team which resulted in the vacation of his original sentence.
By the defense's account, the judge at Tsarnaev’s 2015 trial improperly restricted the questioning of prospective jurors.
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Tsarnaev's attorneys also claimed the judge was wrong to exclude evidence of a separate crime two years before the bombing.
In a statement regarding Tsarnaev's case, Justice Clarence Thomas said: "Dzhokhar Tsarnaev committed heinous crimes.
"The Sixth Amendment nonetheless guaranteed him a fair trial before an impartial jury. He received one.
"The judgment of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit is reversed.
"The Government argues that the Court of Appeals improperly vacated Dzhokhar’s capital sentences.
"The District Court did not abuse its broad discretion by declining to ask about the content and extent of each juror’s media consumption regarding the bombings."
Tsarnaev remains on death row at USP Florence ADMAX; a super-maximum security prison located in Colorado.
Why was the Boston Bomber's sentence overturned?
On July 31, 2020, Boston's 1st US Circuit Court of Appeals overturned Tsarnaev's death sentence based on the defense's claim that the verdict was influenced by the tragedy's intense media coverage.
In the same motion, the court also vacated three of the criminal's convictions.
At the time, a new trial was ordered so a new sentence could be decided.
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However, the lower court's motion was denied and SCOTUS upheld Tsarnaev's original death sentence almost two years later.
When was the Boston Bomber sentenced?
On April 8, 2015, Tsarnaev was found guilty of all 30 charges brought against him.
On June 24, 2015, his trial concluded as he was handed six death sentences.
The domestic terrorist was convicted of:
- Conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction, resulting in death
- Use of a weapon of mass destruction (Pressure Cooker Bomb #1), resulting in death; and aiding and abetting
- Possession and use of a firearm (Pressure Cooker Bomb #1) during and in relation to a crime of violence, resulting in death; and aiding and abetting
- Use of a weapon of mass destruction (Pressure Cooker Bomb #2), resulting in death; and aiding and abetting
- Possession and use of a firearm (Pressure Cooker Bomb #2) during and in relation to a crime of violence, resulting in death; and aiding and abetting
- Conspiracy to bomb a place of public use, resulting in death
- The bombing of a place of public use (Pressure Cooker Bomb #1), resulting in death; aiding and abetting
- Possession and use of a firearm (Pressure Cooker Bomb #1) during and in relation to a crime of violence, resulting in death; aiding and abetting
- The bombing of a place of public use (Pressure Cooker Bomb #2), resulting in death; aiding and abetting
- Possession and use of a firearm (Pressure Cooker Bomb #2) during and in relation to a crime of violence, resulting in death; aiding and abetting
- Conspiracy to maliciously destroy property, resulting in death
- Malicious destruction of property by means of an explosive (Pressure Cooker Bomb #1), resulting in death; aiding and abetting
- Possession and use of a firearm (Pressure Cooker Bomb #1) during and in relation to a crime of violence, resulting in death; aiding and abetting
- Malicious destruction of property by means of an explosive (Pressure Cooker Bomb #2), resulting in death; aiding and abetting
- Possession and use of a firearm (Pressure Cooker Bomb #2) during and in relation to a crime of violence, resulting in death; aiding and abetting
- Possession and use of a firearm (Ruger P95 9mm semiautomatic handgun) during and in relation to a crime of violence, resulting in death; aiding and abetting
- Possession and use of a firearm (Ruger P95 9mm semiautomatic handgun) during and in relation to a crime of violence, resulting in death; aiding and abetting
- Possession and use of a firearm (Ruger P95 9mm semiautomatic handgun) during and in relation to a crime of violence, resulting in death; aiding and abetting
- Carjacking, resulting in serious bodily injury; aiding and abetting
- Possession and use of a firearm (Ruger P95 9mm semiautomatic handgun) during and in relation to a crime of violence; aiding and abetting
- Interference with commerce by threats and violence; aiding and abetting
- Possession and use of a firearm (Ruger P95 9mm semiautomatic handgun) during and in relation to a crime of violence; aiding and abetting
- Use of a weapon of mass destruction (Pressure Cooker Bomb #3 on or about April 19, 2013, in the vicinity of Laurel Street and Dexter Avenue in Watertown); aiding and abetting
- Possession and use of a firearm (a Ruger P95 9mm semiautomatic handgun and Pressure Cooker Bomb #3) during and in relation to a crime of violence; aiding and abetting
- Use of a weapon of mass destruction (Pipe Bomb #1 on or about April 19, 2013, in the vicinity of Laurel Street and Dexter Avenue in Watertown); aiding and abetting
- Possession and use of a firearm (a Ruger P95 9mm semiautomatic handgun and Pipe Bomb #1) during and in relation to a crime of violence; aiding and abetting
- Use of a weapon of mass destruction (Pipe Bomb #2 on or about April 19, 2013, in the vicinity of Laurel Street and Dexter Avenue in Watertown); aiding and abetting
- Possession and use of a firearm (a Ruger P95 9mm semiautomatic handgun and Pipe Bomb #2) during and in relation to a crime of violence; aiding and abetting
- Use of a weapon of mass destruction (Pipe Bomb #3 on or about April 19, 2013, in the vicinity of Laurel Street and Dexter Avenue in Watertown); aiding and abetting
- Possession and use of a firearm (a Ruger P95 9mm semiautomatic handgun and Pipe Bomb #3) during and in relation to a crime of violence; aiding and abetting